Occasional observations of two Aussies in Himeji, Japan.
Our amazing year in Nihon.
To follow our journey of understanding (and misunderstanding), you’re looking at the wrong end! Perusing chronologically is easy – scroll down the Blog Archive (right, below) back to 2007 when we were frantically packing up in our Adelaide Hills home....
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Return (Day 6)

The Tachibana teachers organised a day for our students at Mimaki, a typical Kyoto Elementary School. Here we are trying to teach them 'Home Among the Gum Trees'!

Cleaning time. Ahh, the memories...

After the students returned to their host families, Keiko - one of the Tachibana High teachers - kindly led us on a tour of the Gekkeikan saka-gura (sake brewery.)